Children and young people under the age of 18 are required to attend school in Cologne. Here you can find information on the school system in NRW from the Ministry:

NRW school system - explained simply and quickly

• Arabic/ Arabic
• Bulgarian/ Bulgarian
• German
• English/ English
• French/ French
• Greek/ Greek
• Polish / Polnisch
• Romanian/ Romanian
• Russian/ Russian,
• Spanish/ Spanish
• Turkish/ Turkish
• Ukrainian / Ukrainisch

School in Cologne

Here you will find further information on school registration for your child in Cologne:

• Albanian/ Albanian: Shqiptar
• Bosnia/ Bosnian: školu
• Bulgarian/ Bulgarisch: училище
• German/ Deutsch: School
• English/ English: School
• Farsi/ Farsi: مدرسه
• French/ French: école
• Greek/ Greek: σχολείο
• Italian/ Italian: Scuola
• Kurdish/ Kurdish: dibistan
• Persian/ Persian: مدرسة
• Polish/ Polnisch: szkoła
• Romanian/ Romanian: școală
• Romani/ Romanes: Sikavdi (škola)
• Russian/ Russisch: школа
• Serbian/ Serbian: Школала
• Spanish/ Spanish: Escuela
• Ukrainian/ Ukrainian: школу
• Turkish/ Türkish: Okul

Elementary school

• Albanian/ Albanian: Informacione për prindërit e nxënëseve dhe nxënësve që shkojnë në shkollën fillore
• Arabic/ Arabic: معلومات للوالدين عن المدر سة الابتدائية 
• Bosnian/ Bosnian: Školska Obavijest za roditelje đaka osnovnih škola
• Bulgarian/ Bulgarisch: Информации за родители на ученици в начално училище
• German/ Deutsch: Parent information elementary school
• English/ English: Information for parents of pupils attending elementary school
• French/ French: Information for parents of primary school pupils
• Greek/ Greek: Πληροφορίες για τους γονείς των μαθητριών και μαθητών του Δημοτικού Σχολείου
• Italian/ Italian: Informazioni per i genitori degli alunni della scuola elementare
• Kurdish/ Kurdish: Agahiyên ji bo dê û bavên xwendekarên Grundschuleyê (Dibsitana Serate)
• Polish/ Polnisch: Informacje dla rodziców uczennic i uczniów szkoły podstawowej
• Romani/ Romanes: E informacije pala e deja e dada katar e čavoren kaj đžan ande elementarno sikavdi (škola)
• Romanian/ Romanian: Informatii parinti a caror copii frecventeaza cursurile scolii primare
• Russian/ Russisch: Начальная школа. Информация для родителей
• Serbian/ Serbian: Informacije za roditelje učenika osnovnih škola
• Spanish/ Spanish: Informaciones destinadas a los padres de alumnas y alumnos de las escuelas primarias
• Turkish/ Türkish: İlkokul öğrencilerinin velileri için bilgiler

Secondary schools

• Albanian/ Albanian: Informacione për prindërit e nxënëseve dhe nxënësve që shkojnë në shkollën fillore
• Arabic/ Arabic: معلومات للوالدين عن المدار س المتو سطة والثانوية
• Bosnian/ Bosnian: Obavijest za roditelje sekundarnih opšteobrazovnih škola (razredi 5. - 10.)
• Bulgarian/ Bulgarisch: Информации за родители на ученици след началното училище
• German/ Deutsch: Information for parents of secondary schools
• English/ English: Information for parents of pupils attending secondary school
• French/ French: Information on secondary schools for parents of pupils
• Greek/ Greek: Πληροφορίες για τους γονείς μαθητριών και μαθητών των Σχολείων Μέσης (Δευτεροβάθμιας) Εκπαίδευσης
• Italian/ Italian: Informazioni per i genitori degli alunni delle scuole secondarie
• Kurdish/ Kurdish: Agahiyên ji bo dê û bavên xwendekarên xwendegehên piştî dibistana serate
• Polish/ Polnisch: Informacje dla rodziców uczennic i uczniów szkół ponadpodstawowych
• Romani/ Romanes: Informacje pala e dejen te e daden kaj lenge čavore žan sikavde/škole kaj ižaren maj dur
• Romanian/ Romanian: Informatii pentru parintii ai caror copii urmeaza cursurile scolii secundare
• Russian/ Russisch: Информация о школе для родителей учеников общеобразовательных школ повышенного типа
• Serbian/ Serbian: Informacije za roditelje učenica i učenika sekundarnih opšteobrazovnih škola
• Spanish/ Spanish: Informaciones para los padres de alumnas y alumnos de las escuelas secundarias
• Turkish/ Türkish: İlkokul sonrası okullara giden öğrencilerin velileri için bilgiler

Information for parents of young people over the age of 16 on upper secondary level:

• German/ Deutsch: Access to the education system (school)
• Albanian/ albanian/ shqiptar: Qasja në sistemin arsimor (shkollor)
• Arabic/ العربية/ arabic: الالتحاق بنظام التعليم (المدرسة) ل 
• Bulgarian/ bulgarian/ български език: Достъп до образователната система (училище)
• English/ English: Access to the education system (school)
• Farsi/ زبان فارسی/ Farsi: دسترسی به سیستم آموزش (مدرسهه)
• French/ français: Accès au système éducatif (école)
• Fulfulde/ fula/ Pular'Fulaare: nêhouna nêhdê nôhnê néhirdê (souhdou nabbirdou gandal)
• Italian/ italian/ italiano: Accesso al sistema di istruzione (scuola)
• Kurdish/ kurdish/ کوردی, kurdî: Bidestxistina çuyîna pergala perwerdehî (dibistan)  
• Macedonian/ macedonian/ македонски: Пристап до образовниот систем (училиште) 
• Polnisch/ polish/ polszczyzna: Dostęp do systemu edukacji (szkoła)
• Romani/ Romanes: Avipe ando sikavimasko sistemo (Škola)
• Romanian/ romanian/ limba română: Предоставление доступа к системе образования (школе)
• Serbian/ serbian/ српски: Pristup obrazovnom sistemu (školi)
• Somali/Af Soomaali: Helitaanka nidaamka waxbarasho (iskuul)
• Spanish/ spanish/ español: Acceso al sistema educativo (escuela)
• Tigrinya/ Tigrinian/ ትግርኛ: ዝኽበርክን(ኩም)
• Turkish/ Türkisch/ Türkçe: eğitim sistemine (okul) başlangıç